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Canna ‘Orange Delight’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Orange
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Period: Early summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Good
Origin: SHEPPARD Marcelle
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Marcelle Sheppard Nursery, Texas, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Orange Delight’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oblong-obtuse shaped, branching habit; spikes of flowers are open, light orange streaked with orange-yellow, staminodes are large, edges irregular, petals red, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, flowers in early summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple; tillering is good.
Canna ‘Orange Delight’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø